uncombine_network function

Split up a network into a list of subgraphs

Given a network created by combine_networks(), uncombine_network() returns a list of networks, preserving attributes that can be preserved.

uncombine_network(
  nw,
  split.vattr = nw %n% ".blockID.vattr",
  names.vattr = nw %n% ".blockName.vattr",
  use.subnet.cache = FALSE
)

Arguments

• nw: a network::network created by combine_networks().
• split.vattr: name of the vertex attribute on which to split, defaulting to the value of the ".blockID.vattr" network attribute.
• names.vattr: optional name of the vertex attribute to use as network names in the output list, defaulting to the value of the ".blockName.vattr" network attribute.
• use.subnet.cache: whether to use subnet cache if available; this is only safe to do if the network is not used for its edges but only for its vertex and network attributes.

Returns

a list of network::networks containing subgraphs on split.vattr. In particular,

• their basic properties (directedness and bipartednes) are the same as those of the input network;
• vertex attributes are split;
• edge attributes are assigned to their respective edges in the returned networks.

If split.vattr is a vector, only the first element is used and it's "popped".

Examples

data(samplk)

o1 <- combine_networks(list(samplk1, samplk2, samplk3))
image(as.matrix(o1))

ol <- uncombine_network(o1)

See Also

split.network()